collodion

Home > ... > Science and Technology > Chemistry > Organic Chemistry > ...

Essential reading Compare
side-by-side A Dictionary of Nursing The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

collodion

collodion , solution of pyroxylin in a mixture of alcohol and ether. Upon exposure to air, the solvents evaporate, leaving a thin, colorless, elastic film on any surface upon which the collodion has been spread. Collodion is the forerunner of the lacquer paints that are now widely used in the automobile industry.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-collodio" title="Facts and information about collodion">collodion</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"collodion." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"collodion." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 1, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-collodio.html

"collodion." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved December 01, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-collodio.html

Learn more about citation styles

collodion

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Â© A Dictionary of Nursing 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

collodion (kŏ-loh-diŏn) n. a syrupy solution of nitrocellulose in a mixture of alcohol and ether. When applied to minor wounds it evaporates to leave a thin clear transparent skin. Flexible collodion also contains camphor and castor oil, which allow the skin to stretch a little more.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O62-collodion" title="Facts and information about collodion">collodion</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"collodion." A Dictionary of Nursing. Oxford University Press. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"collodion." A Dictionary of Nursing. Oxford University Press. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 1, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-collodion.html

"collodion." A Dictionary of Nursing. Oxford University Press. 2008. Retrieved December 01, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-collodion.html

Learn more about citation styles

Free newspaper and magazine articles

	A history of plastic.(THE POLYMER REVOLUTION)(Chronology) Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 9/1/2008
	Death's indelible impression: "... at the base of a hickory tree was a glistening pool of dark blood. I was tempted to touch its perfectly tensioned surface. Instead, as I stared, it shrank perceptibly ... as if the Earth had taken a delicate sip.".(Focus on America)(exhibition of photography by Sally Mann) Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine); 7/1/2004
	Frontiers of collecting.(Books about antiques)(Book Review) Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 1/1/2006

Facts and information from other sites

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

	Historically speaking. (discovery of the collodion process in photography) Magazine article from: PSA Journal; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...know that it was the discovery of the collodion process that gave birth to several photographic...than one hundred years ago? Before the collodion process came into being, albumen (egg...alcohol to produce a substance they called collodion. In 1849 a French experimenter by the...
	What Remains: Sally Mann's encounter with death and wet collodion.(Books Reviewed)(Book Review) Magazine article from: Afterimage; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Mann's hand functioning as the shutter, and using the wet collodion process learnt with Mark Osterman, the images are quite classically...the book, these images most display the traits of the wet collodion process that Mann utilizes. The images are overexposed...
	Erciyes University details research in metabolism.(Report) Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 9/24/2008; 700+ words ; ...protein-3, and growth hormone levels in collodion babies: a case-control study,' are...Because growth failure occurs in many collodion babies, we investigated serum growth...binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) levels in collodion babies admitted to Gevher Nesibe Hospital...
	Data on life sciences published by J. Mazereeuw-Hautier and colleagues.(Clinical report) Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 8/26/2009; 700+ words ; ...investigation results, 'Acral self-healing collodion baby: report of a new clinical phenotype...from Toulouse, France, "A minority of collodion babies, called 'self-healing collodion babies', heal spontaneously. We describe...
	With Mark Osterman.(Interview) Magazine article from: Afterimage; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...internationally with the revival of the collodion process in contemporary photography through...alternative" or historic processes. The collodion negative was the matrix from which every...use?" So I started to investigate the collodion processes and luckily the school had...
	Art Business News' guide to photographic processes. Magazine article from: Art Business News; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...camera. The glass is flowed with iodized collodion, which is then sensitized by being dipped...three-dimensional relief on the print. Collodion (Wet Plate) on Glass Negative Collodion is widely used to generate negatives but is...
	Simple sutureless skin graft fixation Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...sutures is described. The method uses collodion to secure a mesh gauze to the adjacent...the adjacent normal skin (Fig. 1). Collodion, commonly used to cover incisions in...glue the Adaptic to the uninjured skin. Collodion should not be applied to the skin graft...
	State Fines Hanford, Energy Department Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 3/27/2001; 548 words ; ...laboratory complex. The chemical, called collodion, is a flammable liquid, which dries...radioactive contamination to solid surfaces. Collodion can become unstable or shock sensitive...Hanford employee found three liters of the collodion at the 222- S laboratory complex during...
	A history of plastic.(THE POLYMER REVOLUTION)(Chronology) Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 9/1/2008; 700+ words ; ...variety of products. Parkes started with 'collodion', a mixture of ether, alcohol and...Unfortunately, the chemicals used to make the collodion were too expensive, his financial backers...attempted to surround a wooden ball with collodion, the same mixture that Parkes had used...
	THE ONCE AND FUTURE CARBOHYDRATE ECONOMY Magazine article from: Rachel's Democracy & Health News; 9/4/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...the prize for a cotton-derived product dubbed collodion. Ironically, collodion never made it as a billiard ball: The plastic...sometimes armed. People did find other uses for collodion, however, in dentures and buttons. Later...